WoodieBoater

I like what Les said about the smaller spoons. When I fish the fingers I always downsize my spoons, sometimes to even laughable sizes. But im noticing that out of the whole spread the small spoons will take fish much more often than mag or even medium ones will. And of course my favorite color schemes involve a little bit of pink. Let us know how you do out there

how did you fair out there Friday? I saw you were working a little more west and a little farther out than me..

les the comment about the bait fishermen is spot on.. I talked to a couple guys at the north end that were drifting with sawbellies and they had the 3rd place bow in their cooler (7.7 I believe?). They said that they were 7 for 7 Sunday and 9 for 9 Saturday (heck of a lot better than I did) spot on for the week of equipment organizing and boat cleaning too.. my gear is a wreck haha

yup thatd be me.. I think they had a blast.. hopefully I make it out there again soon

On the water at 6:00 AM - Set up in 130 FOW and trolled north with some good marks in 150 FOW. Ran two dipsys one with a Steely Dan and one with a flasher/fly both down 35-40 ft. Ran a rigger at 25 ft with a blue dolphin and a flat line down the middle with a Watermelon DW. Had a good rip on the dipsy/Steely Dan in 165 FOW but had nobody home. Took a skippy king on the watermelon flat line in 175 FOW. Stayed in the 16 - 170 FOW range for the rest of the day and took a couple more hits and another skippy king on the Steely Dan. THEN took a HARD hit and a screaming rip on the flasher/fly (the far right of my set) I hooked up and watched my line scream all the way across the back of the boat to the left and then start to rise got a good glimpse at a very acrobatic, very good sized bow before it spit the hook... Well he went underneath every single one of my lines and then shot to the surface and turned all of my gear into a giant knot by the time I had everything straightened out it was a bit breezy and getting a little rough for the old woody. off the water at 11:00

a lot of guys love it.. and im not knocking it.. the problem is I always find something different to try first

I think a lot of lure success has to do with operator infatuation. if you love a spoon or color.. you'll run it in every spread and eventually you'll catch fish on it.. if you think you never catch fish on the seasick or wonderbread.. it'll stay in you box and you wont catch fish on it.. but trust me im no different.. I have wonderbreads.. I cant stand them.. they stay in my box.. therefore they never catch fish for me

http://www.dreamweaverlures.com/products/spoons/magnum/m0518 seasick waddler

i suppose i should specify colors.. for Canandaigua i like a mixed veggie with a little red added, and for Ontario i always have a crazy b or steelie dan.. i find more often than not pink works on a slow day for some reason

This aught to spark some fire... What is your favorite fall back, know exactly where it is in the box, run it every time spoon or stick bait? I must admit I started using dreamweaver SS last year and I think I've fallen in love. I find myself running them more and more and as a bigger percent of the spread as well. I all but leave my wolverines and silver streaks at home now.. so lets hear it.. whats your trusty go to?

Jim if im out again ill put up another report on here. I typically throw something up quick no matter where I go. Gambler was out the same day I was and had a lot more luck, but he trolled a couple miles down the shoreline out of sandy which may have been the trick that day, I just didn't have the time. Les thatd be great to get out with you again this year, keep in touch. That rig you started me with worked fantastic by the way.

Another note about the alewives... I kept one brown and when I checked the stomach it had 11 alewives in it. One of which was 7 inches long! Could be that the fish were gorged Sent from my iPhone using Lake Ontario United mobile app